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.Dd $Mdocdate: May 28 2014 $
.Dt PWD 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm pwd
.Nd return working directory name
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm pwd
.Op Fl LP
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
utility prints the absolute pathname of the current working directory to
the standard output.
.Pp
The options are as follows:
.Bl -tag -width Ds
.It Fl L
If the
.Ev PWD
environment variable is an absolute pathname that references the
current directory and doesn't contain path components of "." or "..",
then
.Ev PWD
is printed as the name of the current directory.
Otherwise, act as if the
.Fl P
option was given.
.It Fl P
Print the physical path to the current working directory, with symbolic
links in the path resolved.
.El
.Pp
The
.Fl L
and
.Fl P
options override each other and the command's actions are determined
by the last one specified.
The default if no options are given is
.Fl P .
.Pp
For an explanation of the directory hierarchy,
see
.Xr hier 7 .
.Sh ENVIRONMENT
.Bl -tag -width PWD
.It Ev PWD
The presumptive logical path to the current working directory.
.El
.Sh EXIT STATUS
.Ex -std pwd
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr ksh 1 ,
.Xr getcwd 3 ,
.Xr hier 7
.Sh STANDARDS
The
.Nm
utility is compliant with the
.St -p1003.1-2008
specification,
except the standard says the default if no options are given
should be to behave as if
.Fl L
had been specified.
.Sh HISTORY
An
.Nm
utility appeared in
.At v5 .
Support for the
.Fl L
option was added in
.Ox 5.6 .
.Sh CAVEATS
.Nm
also exists as a built-in to
.Xr ksh 1 ,
which may have a different default behavior.
